Hat-holding stand



A. JIMEINEZ HATVHOLDING STAND Filed July 6, 1927 Jan. 8, 1929.

l/LiTl/III/l Patented Jan. 8, 1929.

eeann TEE HAT-HOLDING STAND.

Application filed July 6,

This. invention relates to store furniture and more particularly to a stand adapted to hold a hat so that a milliner can very easily. decorate or trim the hat by painting, sewing v or otherwise applying decorations thereto. V

One object of the invention is to provide a frame so constructed that it may be vertically adjusted and also to permit a spindle forming part of the device to be swung either in a horizontal or verticalplane and thereby dispose a hat carried by the frame in such position that an operator may very easily apply decorations or trimmings to the hat.

Another objectof the invention is to rotatably mount a hat-carrying form upon the spindle so that it may be turned While the hat is being painted or otherwise decorated or trimmed and also to permit the hat-carrying form to be securely but releasably held in a set position and thereby prevent it from moving while being painte The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view showing the improved hat holder partially in side elevation and partially in section;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1 and showing the hatcarrying form in end elevation;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the connection between a spindle and staff forming part of the hat holder.

The hat holder includes a stand having a base 1 provided with supporting feet 2 and carrying a standard 3. The standard consists of a. tube of suitable length and has its lower end threaded or otherwise connected with the base 1. A staff 4 is slidably and rotatably received in the tubular standard 3 and adjacent its upper end the standard is formed with a transversely extending threaded opening 5 through which a set screw 6 passes to engage the staff and se curely but releasably retain the staff in a set position. It will thus be seen that the staff may be vertically adjusted and may also be turned in the standard and the set'screw then tightened to retain it in a set position. The upper end portion of the staff is fiattened'and perforated to form an eyeT, a side face of which has flat contacting engagement with a side face of a similar eye 8 formed at the inner end of a spindle 9.

1927. Serial No. 203,813.

I NICE.

AGUSTIN JIMENEZ, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

bolt 10 which constitutes a, pivot for the spindle passes through. alined openings in the eyes 7 and 8 and carries a wing'nut 11 which, when tightened, will causethe spindle to be securely held in a set position. When the nut 11 is loosened, the spindle may be swung vertically about the bolt 10. Therefore, the spindlemay be adjusted by vertical swinging movement and securely held in a position which will be, convenient to the operator when the nut is again tightened. Y

In order to carry the hat which is to be painted or trimmed, I have provided a hatcarrying form 12 which may be formed of wood or any other desired material. The

form, which is hollow as clearly shown in the size of hat to be decorated. Cross bars 13 and 1e extend diametrically through the .carrier and are secured to the walls thereof in spaced relation to each other, as shown in ig). 1. Openings 15 areformed in the cross ars axially of the carrier, and these openings are intended to receive the spindle so that the carrier may be rotated about the spindle and thereby allow any portion of a hat placed upon the carrier to be so disposed with respect to the operatorthat the decorations or trimmings may be readily applied thereto. The outer cross bar 14 bears against a cotter key 16 passed transversely through the spindle and a securing nut 17 which is threaded upon the free end of the spindle is adapted to engage the cross bar 18when tightened and thereby cause pressure to be applied to the cross bars which will securely but releasably retain the hat carrier against 7 loosening the nut so that the hat carrier may rotate about its spindle a stenciling strip may be disposed about a hat upon the carrier and decoration very easily stenciled upon a hat. I have, therefore, provided a hat holder which may be adjusted verticallyand horizontally according to the wishes of an operator and a hat may very easilyhave trimming or painted decorations applied thereto.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A hat holder comprising a stand, a spindle extending from said stand and having a threaded free end portion, a form disposed.

about the spindle, cross bars extending transversely throughsaid iorm and formed with alined openings disposed axiallyof the form and receiving said spindle to rotatably'mount the form, an abutment. carried by said spindle in spaced relation to its threaded end and engaging one cross bar, and a nut screwed upon the free endof said spindleto engage'the other cross bar, whereby the bars may be clamped between the nut and abutment and releasably retain the form in a set position.

2. A hat holder comprising a stand, a spindle extending from said stand and having a threaded freeend portion, an abutment spacedfrom the free end of said spindle, a

V hollow iorm disposed about said spindle and open at its inner end and having a head at its outer end, inner and outer cross bars extending diametrically through said form in spaced relation longitudinally thereof and having alined openings disposed axially of the form, said spindle being received in said openings with its threaded end projecting from the inner cross bar andthe outer cross bar engaging said abutment, and a securing nutupon the threaded end of sa1d spindle to engage the inner cross bar and releasably retain the forn'i in a set position.

In testimony whereof I ZlfIlX my signature.

AGUSTIN JIMENEZ. 1,. 8; 

